Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	ca. 16.8
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	ca. 16.8
3	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 11.8
4	Global Change Biology	ca. 11.6
5	ISME Journal	ca. 11
6	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 10.3
7	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 9.1
8	Ecology Letters	ca. 8.8
9	Molecular Ecology Resources	ca. 7.7
10	Ecosystem Services	ca. 7.6
11	Ecological Economics	ca. 7
12	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 6.6
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 6.6
14	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6.4
15	Conservation Biology	ca. 6.3
16	People and Nature	ca. 6.1
-	Ecological Monographs	ca. 6.1
18	Biological Conservation	ca. 5.9
-	Ecography	ca. 5.9
20	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 5.7
21	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	ca. 5.6
22	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 5.5
-	Journal of Ecology	ca. 5.5
24	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 5.3
25	Landscape Ecology	ca. 5.2
-	Functional Ecology	ca. 5.2
27	Fire Ecology	ca. 5.1
-	Neobiota	ca. 5.1
-	Ecological Informatics	ca. 5.1
-	Plants People Planet	ca. 5.1
31	Ecological Applications	ca. 5
32	Biogeosciences	ca. 4.9
-	Mammal Review	ca. 4.9
-	Molecular Ecology	ca. 4.9
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	ca. 4.9
36	Ecology	ca. 4.8
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	ca. 4.8
-	Ecological Processes	ca. 4.8
39	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	ca. 4.7
40	Diversity and Distributions	ca. 4.6
41	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 4.2
42	Ecology and Society	ca. 4.1
-	Movement Ecology	ca. 4.1
44	Global Ecology and Conservation	ca. 4
45	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	ca. 3.9
-	Journal of Biogeography	ca. 3.9
47	Heredity	ca. 3.8
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	ca. 3.8
-	Ecological Engineering	ca. 3.8
50	Ecosystems	ca. 3.7

51	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 3.6
-	Microbial Ecology	ca. 3.6
53	Ecological Complexity	ca. 3.5
54	Oikos	ca. 3.4
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3.4
-	Animal Conservation	ca. 3.4
57	Arctic Science	ca. 3.3
-	Biology Letters	ca. 3.3
-	Evolution	ca. 3.3
60	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	ca. 3.2
-	Fire-Switzerland	ca. 3.2
-	Restoration Ecology	ca. 3.2
63	Ecological Modelling	ca. 3.1
64	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 3
65	Fungal Ecology	ca. 2.9
-	AoB Plants	ca. 2.9
-	Urban Ecosystems	ca. 2.9
-	American Naturalist	ca. 2.9
-	Biological Invasions	ca. 2.9
70	Applied Vegetation Science	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	ca. 2.8
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	ca. 2.8
73	Oryx	ca. 2.7
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.7
-	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.7
-	Oecologia	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Plant Ecology	ca. 2.7
-	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 2.7
-	Ecosphere	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.7
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.7
-	Paleobiology	ca. 2.7
83	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	ca. 2.6
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.6
-	Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.6
86	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 2.5
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.5
88	Diversity-Basel	ca. 2.4
-	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.4
90	Journal of Chemical Ecology	ca. 2.3
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.3
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	ca. 2.3
-	Pedobiologia	ca. 2.3
95	BMC Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.2
96	Biotropica	ca. 2.1
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	ca. 2.1
99	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	ca. 2
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 2
-	Ecological Research	ca. 2
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	ca. 2
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 2
-	Wetlands	ca. 2
105	Wildlife Research	ca. 1.9
-	Evolutionary Ecology	ca. 1.9
-	Flora	ca. 1.9
-	Wildlife Biology	ca. 1.9
-	Polar Research	ca. 1.9
110	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.8
-	Polar Science	ca. 1.8
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	ca. 1.8
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Chemoecology	ca. 1.8
-	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 1.8
116	Plant Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Community Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Polar Biology	ca. 1.7
-	Population Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Food Webs	ca. 1.7
121	Theoretical Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Aquatic Invasions	ca. 1.6
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Ecological Restoration	ca. 1.6
127	Austral Ecology	ca. 1.5
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	ca. 1.5
129	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.4
-	Plant Species Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.4
135	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Ecoscience	ca. 1.3
137	Rangeland Journal	ca. 1.2
138	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1.1
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.1
140	Phytocoenologia	ca. 1
-	African Journal of Ecology	ca. 1
142	African Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 0.9
-	Natural Areas Journal	ca. 0.9
144	Acta Amazonica	ca. 0.8
-	Polar Record	ca. 0.8
-	Journal of Natural History	ca. 0.8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	ca. 0.8
148	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	ca. 0.7
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.7
150	Southeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.6
-	American Midland Naturalist	ca. 0.6
-	Western North American Naturalist	ca. 0.6
153	Polish Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.5
154	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	ca. 0.4
-	Northeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.4
-	Northwest Science	ca. 0.4
157	Southwestern Naturalist	ca. 0.2